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• <br />100. In the Bayport FEIS, the Galveston District has determined that the Bayport <br />project would destroy over 146 acres of wetlands. <br />101. According to the Galveston District, only 19.7 acres of these important wetlands <br />are jurisdictional under the Clean Water Act, based in part on the extent of the 100-year <br />floodplain depicted in the FEIS. <br />102. If the extent of the 100-year floodplain at the Bayport site is based on the new <br />topographic information, over 40 acres of these important wetlands would be jurisdictional under <br />the Clean Water Act. <br />103. If other hydrologic connections exist, most if not all of the over 146 acres of <br />wetlands at the Bayport site are jurisdictional. <br />104. The Bayport Project's proposed compensatory mitigation plan indicates that only <br />66 acres of new wetlands would be constructed to mitigate for the loss of over. 146 acres of total <br />wetlands, resulting in a net loss of over 80 acres of these unique and important wetlands. <br />105. We do not have many wetlands left along the west shoreline of Galveston Bay. <br />106. Every acre is important. <br />(5). USEPA's NEW STUDY ON AIR QUALITY IMPACTS FROM DIESEL CARCINOGENS <br />107. As many as seven diesel-powered container ships and three diesel-powered cruise <br />ships could be docked at the proposed Bayport facility at any time. <br />108. Over 4,500 diesel-powered trucks will enter and leave the proposed Bayport <br />facility each day. <br />109. At least two trains between 5,000 and 7,000 feet long and having two diesel- <br />powered locomotives for each train will enter and leave the proposed Bayport facility each day. <br />15. <br />